Garment



Amfl 21, 1936 T, PAPAGEORGE GARMENT Filed Jan. 5, 1935 INVENTOR, 257 I mm m w mow, Ma 777 ATTORNEY Patented Apr. 21, 1936 UNITE STATES ENT OFFIQE GARMENT Application January 5, 1935, Serial No. 563

2 Claims.

The present invention relates in general to improvements in the art of manufacturing garments, and relates more specifically to lapelled garments having separable, slide-operated fastener devices.

Generally defined, an object of the invention is to provide an attractive and improved jacket or blouse-like garment arranged with separable, slide-operated fasteners.

Heretofore, it has been common in the art to provide garments wherein the front meeting edges thereof were releasably secured together by separable, slide-operated fasteners, but in this class of jackets, the same were not provided with lapels. For certain purposes this type of jacket is, therefore, objectionable in that it lacks the attractive appearance resulting from the provision of lapels; and, in addition, when the front of the jacket is entirely closed, there is. only the single thickness at the neck and chest portions and not the extra warmth and protection afforded by superimposed, outwardly folded lapels.

There have also been attempts in this art to provide jackets with separable, slide-operated fasteners, having means for affording additional protectionand warmth at the neck and chest portions. In a jacket of this type a dickey is secured to an upper front edge, which dickey is adapted to be folded inwardly along the secured edge when the upper portion of the jacket is open, and to be extended across and buttoned to the other side of the jacket, internally, when the fastener is entirely closed. This arrangement is rather make-shift, and while affording extra protection at the neck, it fails to provide the desired appearance resulting from the incorporation of lapels in the garment.

It is, therefore, a primary object of the present invention to overcome the above-noted objections by providing a jacket-like garment equipped with separable, slide-operated fasteners and having lapels to enhance the appearance of the jacket and arranged so that said lapels may be overlapped interiorly for additional thickness and warmth, without interfering with the operation of the fastener to entirely close the front of the jacket.

It is a more specific object of the invention to provide an attractive, warm, and useful garment adapted to be partially or entirely closed by a separable, slide-operated fastener.

A further specific object of the invention is to provide a separable, slide fastener controlled garment arranged for manipulation to provide additional protection and warmth at the neck and chest portions, when desired.

Another specific object of the invention is to provide a lapelled, separable, slide fastener controlled garment, wherein the fastener elements, extending upwardly beyond the lapels, are readily operated and do not interfere with the normal folding, unfolding, and. overlapping of the lapels,

Still another specific object of the invention is to provide a dual-purpose, slide fastener controlled garment; one which can be worn partially open at the neck with lapels showing, or one which can be worn entirely closed at the neck for additional protection and with the lapels interiorly superimposed.

Another specific object of the invention is to provide an easily manipulated, convertible jacket which is relatively inexpensive and which has a neat and attractive appearance in all positions of adjustment.

These and other objects and advantages will be apparent from the following detailed description.

A clear conception of an embodiment of the novel features and of the mode of constructing and of utilizing the improved garment having these features may be had by referring to the drawing accompanying and forming a part of this specification, in which like reference characters designate the same or similar parts in the several views.

Fig, 1 is a front view of the improved lapelled garment with the fastening device secured only at the lower portion of the garment and the lapels folded in normal outer positions;

Fig. 2 is a fragmentary, front view of the jacket with the front closed to the lapels and with the neck and lapelled portion open, a portion of a lapel being broken away to show constructional details;

Fig. 3 is a view similar to Fig. 2, only showing the manner in which the lapels are folded prior to manipulating the fastener to entirely close the front of the jacket; and

Fig. 4 is a fragmentary, front view, showing the front of the jacket entirely closed.

While the invention has been shown and described herein as being specifically applied to a particular type of jacket, it is not intended to limit the scope by such specific embodiment; and it should be understood that the improved features are readily applicable generally to other types of garments, coats, blouses, and the like.

Referring to the drawing, the jacket or blouse of Fig. 1 includes the usual body-covering front sections 6 and I having adjacent edge portions adapted to be secured together. Sleeves 8 are attached at opposite sides of the body sections, and adjacent the upper portions of the front edges of the body sections 6 and I there are foldably secured tapered lapels 9 and ID. The upper ends of said lapels merge into a collar I I, and the lapels are defined from the collar and foldable with respect thereto by virtue of the provision of V- shaped cuts or recesses I2.

The device for releasably securing the adjacent front edges of the front sections 6 and I together consists of a separable, slide-operated fastener of a well-known type. This device consists generally of a flexible fastener strip I3 secured along the edge of the front section B, and a similar complementary strip I4 secured along the edge of the other front section I. A slide element I5 is adapted to embrace portions of both strips l3 and I4, and as the slide element is moved along the strips upwardly, it causes a locking engagement between the complementary portions of the two strips. Similarly, when the slide element is moved downwardly, it permits separation of the fastener strips to allow the front sections of the garment to open relative to one another.

As shown particularly in Figs. 1, 2, and 3, the flexible fastener strips I3 and I4 closely follow the edges of the sections 6 and I from the bottom of the garment to the points where the lower ends of the lapels 9 and Ill meet the body section edges. The disposition of the fastener strips from these points upwardly is of the utmost importance in the present invention. As will appear from the drawing, the lines of connection between the lapels and the edges of the body sections are outwardly, upwardly curving; and the fastener strips I3 and I4 follow said curved lines of connection, terminating adjacent the inner ends of the slots or recesses I2.

When the garment is to be worn with the upper portion thereof open, the slide element I5 is moved upwardly to about the point shown in Fig. 2, whereby the fastener strips secure the front edges of the body sections together to a point just below the lapels, permitting the lapelled and neck portions to remain open. In this position the lapels are folded outwardly onto the body sections, as shown, and in the manner in which lapels are normally arranged. In this way the garment is partially closed, and the attractive appearance of the outwardly folded lapels is not lost.

If the wearer desires to have the entire chest portions of the garment closed and desires additional warmth at said portion, the lapel I0 is first folded inwardly against the inner face of the body section 7. Then, the lapel 9 is unfolded so as to form a continuation of the section 6 (see Fig.

3), after which the straightened lapel 9 is caused to underlap the inwardly folded lapel Ill. The slide element is next pulled upwardly to the upper ends of the strips I3 and I4, securing together the edges of the upper portions of the body sections. This adjustment is shown in Fig. 4, and it will be seen that a neat, tight closure is effected and that the lapels are in superimposed relation interiorly of the garment and adjacent the wearers chest. In this arrangement the collar II may be worn either turned upwardly or folded down, as shown.

From the foregoing description, it will be seen that the present invention eliminates the objectionable features found in former types of garments controlled by separable, slide-operated fasteners and permits the provision of a garment of this type provided with lapels and arranged for use with the lapels folded either exteriorly or interiorly, and in the latter case the front of the jacket is readily closable its entire distance to the neck opening.

It should be understood that it is not desired to limit the invention to the exact details of construction and to the precise mode of use herein shown and described, for various modifications within the scope of the claims may occur to persons skilled in the art.

What is claimed as the invention is:

1. In a body garment, right and left fronts each having a lapel associated directly with the upper edge portion thereof and defining a fold line, and a separable fastener comprising two cooperable rows of slides, each of said rows extending along the extreme edge of one of said fronts up to the lower end of the corresponding lapel and from thence being attached to the garment adjacent the junction of the folding edge of the lapel with its front and extending along said junction up to the neckline, so that by folding said lapels inwardly said fastener may be utilized to close said garment fronts up to the neckline.

2. In a body garment, right and left fronts each having a lapel connected directly with the upper edge portion thereof, and defining a fold line, a collar extending from one of said fronts to the other at the upper ends of said lapels, and a separable fastener comprising two cooperable rows of slides and a connecting slide element movable therealong, each of said rows extending along the extreme edge of one of said fronts up to the lower end of the corresponding lapel and from thence being attached to the garment adjacent the junction of the folding edge of the lapel with its front and extending along said junction up to said collar, so that by folding said lapels inwardly said slide element may be moved upwardly to close the garment up to the neckline.

THEODORE PAPAGEORGE. 

